0165-2427/$ – see front matter # 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. doi:10.1016/j.vetimm.2006.08.013 Since that publication, a revised terminology has been proposed by the Nomenclature Review Committee of the World Allergy Organisation for use in allergic diseases of man (Johannson et al., 2004). A successor to the ACVD Task Force, now entitled The International Task Force on Canine Atopic...

This article presents a nomenclature system for allergens which has been officially recommended by the International Union of Immunological Societies (IUIS). The nomenclature is based on proposals of the IUIS Sub-Committee for Allergen Nomenclature and is applicable to highly purified, well-characterized allergens and to non-purified or partially purified allergenic extracts.

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Karyotypes and information pertinent to genetic mapping of small mammals in remote areas of Southeast Asia are practically nonexistent. The diverse island complex of the Indo-Australian archipelago offers a unique situation to study the interrelationships of the taxonomically confused order Rodentia. Yosida (1969, 1971, 1973) reported karyotypes of two species of rodents from Makassar, located ...

following annual report of new cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis from different areas of kuhpayeh district, esfahan county, an investigation was carried out on some ecological aspects of phlebotomine sand flies during 2000-2002. sand flies were collected biweekly from outdoor and indoor resting places with the aid of 30 sticky traps from the be ginning to the end of the active season. female san...

The two voltage gated sodium channels Nav1.7 and Nav1.8 are expressed in the peripheral nervous system involved various pain conditions including inflammatory neuropathic pain. Rodent models bearing deletions or mutations of corresponding genes, Scn9a Scn10a, were created order to understand role these pathophysiological mechanism underlying symptoms. This review summarizes behavior profiles re...

BACKGROUND Zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ZCL) is a serious and increasing public health problem in many rural areas of Iran. Previous studies showed that rodent control operations are effective in destroying rodents and reducing the incidence of ZCL on a small scale and in special circumstances. The objective of this study was to determine suitable timing for rodent control operations in re...